While drinking, Mao Wenlong was very polite to Cui Ningxiu and said, "Brother Cui has been struggling and obstacles all the way, and he actually escaped the pursuit and robbery from the court. Brother Yu admires him very much!"

"Shame, ashamed, if it weren't for the people from Hou's men in Dengzhou, how could Cui have had a drink and chat with Hou here?" Cui Ningxiu said humbly.

"Ah, hehehe!" The two of them smiled at each other, but their thoughts on laughing were different, which was unpredictable.

"Come on, come on, come on, Brother Cui, try the seafood prepared by Brother Yu, this is something you can't eat in the mainland." Mao Wenlong greeted Cui Ningxiu enthusiastically.

Cui Ningxiu stretched out her chopsticks and picked up a piece of it and put it into her mouth. She immediately praised her, "Okay, it's delicious. No wonder Mr. Hou would rather stay on such a small island than go back to Central Plains. It's true that she can eat such delicious seafood every day, and I don't want to leave."

"Oh, Brother Cui is right. Although seafood is delicious, if you eat it like this every day, Brother Yu is actually a little tired of it." Mao Wenlong put down his bamboo chopsticks and sighed.

"Did Mr. Hou intend to return to the Central Plains?" Cui Ning said with a look of pain, and realized that his question was a bit abrupt, and he laughed a few awkwardly.

"Come on, Brother Cui, you've been to Brother Yu's territory for the first time. Brother Yu must be the best friend of the landlord. Eat, eat!" Mao Wenlong seemed to have not taken Cui Ningxiu's words just now at all, and urged him to eat quickly with a smile.

Cui Ningxiu couldn't resist Mao Wenlong's enthusiasm, moved her chopsticks, picked her up a few bites, and said, "My brother kept telling me that Mr. Hou is an unparalleled countryman, loyal and generous to others, and has no airs at all. When I saw him today, it turns out that way, I admire him very much!"

"I'm sorry for my brother, I feel ashamed!" Mao Wenlong said humbly.

"I am now at my despair. I want to ask Mr. Hou to send a boat to take me to Nanjing. I also ask Mr. Hou to help me for my brother's sake?" Cui Ningxiu said carefully.

Mao Wenlong's eyes turned and smiled and patted Cui Ningxiu on the shoulder and said, "Why is Brother Cui like this? You are the first to come to Brother Yu's land. If you don't live for a few more days, wouldn't you let me blame me, Mao Wenlong, don't know the etiquette? No hurry. Brother Yu is here now. Brother Yu guarantees your safety. When Beijing relaxes, it's not too late to send a boat to send you back to Nanjing!"

"Master Hou, this..." No matter how stupid Cui Ningxiu was, she knew that she was putting herself under house arrest in disguise.

"Brother, don't say more. Brother Yu is your second home. If you want to leave, will Brother Yu still not be able to bear a boat?" Mao Wenlong had already said everything, and it was impossible for Cui Ningxiu to agree without nodding.

"Come on, drink!" Mao Wenlong glanced at Cui Ningxiu's complicated face and thought to himself, I was thinking about how to join Nanjing. Now, Yu'er took the bait by himself. With Cui Ningxiu in hand, I'm not afraid of the safety of the two brothers in his hometown in Hangzhou. In this way, Beijing has no choice but to do anything to me, and Nanjing will not dare to attack his family. Now I can sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. Beijing won, tie Cui Ningxiu to the emperor in the Forbidden City. Nanjing won, and the credit for saving Cui Ningxiu was in hand. Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu did not dare to do anything to him. Now Dongjiang's strategic position is important, and Beijing dare not cut off his supply of food and salary in Dongjiang. In just a few days, I first added the general Pingliao and then granted the ward. I have never had such a glorious life!

No matter how beautiful the wine is, it can't taste any taste when you drink Cui Ningxiu's mouth.

At this moment, there is another person who is also in a mixed mood. This person is Wu Sangui, who has just been promoted to guerrilla general. His mentor had already hinted to him that he would be the main general of the Iron Cavalry of the Forward Camp. Unexpectedly, the court suddenly transferred He Yougang to serve as the main general of the Iron Cavalry of the Forward Camp. He and Yan Peiwei both became deputy generals. How could he balance the arrogant Wu Sangui? He made such a great contribution to the court, not only rescued the captured officers and soldiers in Jinzhou, but also severely destroyed Huang Taiji's five thousand elites. Such contributions to the court at least had to give him a general. However, because his father lost Jinzhou and such a great crime, the court had no intention to pursue the investigation. Even if he was a little dissatisfied, he couldn't say anything? After all, losing the city master is a death sentence!

No one knows his son is better than his father. How could Wu Xiang not see that his son has been worried these days? He was distracted several times when training soldiers. Although he didn't know what his son was pretending to be, he also guessed that three parts were related to the official position given to him by the court, but as a father, he ignored him.

"Erwazi, my dad, you're so depressed these days. Do you have any worries?" Wu Xiang was demoted to General Qian and transferred to Xiong Tingbi's tent. That night, he led a team to inspect the battalions. Seeing that the lights were still on in his son's tent, he took advantage of the shift to lift the curtain of his son's tent and went in. Seeing Wu Sangui frowned under the lights, he asked with concern.

"Dad, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet?" Wu Sangui looked up and saw his father's caring and kind face, and immediately stretched his eyebrows and stood up and said.

"Dad is on night tonight, have you forgotten?" Wu Xiang said.

"Oh, it's Erwazi's fault, but how come you have time to come to Erwazi?" Wu Sangui asked. Xiong Tingbi was very strict in his army. Soldiers were not allowed to leave their posts privately when they were on duty.

"Dad saw that the light in your tent was still on, and just walked to your tent, so he secretly came to see you under the excuse of changing shifts and giving up the court." Wu Xiang explained, "Dad can't stay for too long, he will be out in a while."

"So that's how it is." Wu Sangui felt relieved. His father had been demoted to General Secretary Qian, so he could not violate any military rules again.

"Dad, you have something to worry about?" Wu Xiang saw that his son only dissipated when he saw him appearing in front of him, and his eyebrows were tight at the rest.

"Dad, it's okay. Erwazi just wants to negotiate with the Later Jin Dynasty again." Wu Sangui responded casually to Wu Xiang.

"Erwazi, don't hide it from your father. You are your father's biological child. Will your father not see what you have?" Wu Xiang said anxiously, "You are still worried about the emperor not letting you lead the cavalry of the vanguard camp, right?"

"Dad..." Wu Sangui was told the main thing by his father, and he was slightly surprised.

"Do you know why my father must let you abandon martial arts and practice literature?" Wu Xiang sighed in his heart.

"The second baby boy doesn't know."

"Because you are too arrogant and you are too proud. If you join the army, you will not tolerate others. If you learn literature, you can get a fame and fortune. Studying can slowly destroy your spirit. You must know that learning literature is much more difficult than practicing martial arts. Being a father just wants to get rid of your arrogance, so that you can become a great person!" Wu Xiang explained.

"Dad, Erwazi has never understood your hard work and has been complaining about you in his heart. Erwazi is really unfilial." Wu Sangui knelt down and choked.

"Dad, Erwazi may have committed a death penalty!" Wu Sangui was extremely smart. The court did not allow him to be the chief cavalry of the vanguard camp, which made him notice a odor. At that time, the court was relieved to hand over the vanguard camp to him with full command. But now he made great contributions, but his power was weakened. The court could not be so guarded against a general who commanded five thousand soldiers. Moreover, he knew that his position as the chief general was jointly recommended by his mentor Xiong and Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Supervisor. The weight of these two people can be imagined. This was rejected by the emperor, so the reason was naturally worth exploring.

At that moment, Wu Sangui told his father all the agreement he had secretly signed by Huang Taiji. When he talked about the fief and the oath of loyalty, Wu Xiang was shocked and almost fainted on the ground. No matter which of these two things was implicated into the emperor, it would be a serious crime to destroy the nine clans. At that time, no matter how Xiong Damashu and Yuan Shishi, no one would be able to protect their Wu family.

"How can you be so impulsive when doing things without regard for consequences?" Wu Xiang suddenly seemed to have grown ten years old and sighed.

"At that time, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Erwazi had to do this in order to deceive Huang Taiji's trust!" Seeing his father's appearance, Wu Sangui also regretted the decision he made at that time.

"Then why didn't you report to General Xiong afterwards?" Wu Xiang asked.

"The letter of loyalty that Huang Taiji pretended to deceive Erwazi. It was too late when Erwazi understood that he came." Wu Sangui regretted.

"It's too late to report now." Wu Xiang sighed to the sky.

"Dad, why don't we run away?" Wu Sangui was in a mess and said with an extremely stupid idea.

"Escape. If the emperor knows the inside story or hears something, you, my father and son cannot get out of this camp at all. If the emperor doesn't know, where can we escape? Later Jin, or to the south?" Wu Xiang asked, "Although my Wu family was born in business, he is also a citizen of the Han Dynasty, a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the Jin people are cruel. Do we have to commit ourselves to jackals and harm our tribesmen? And Wei Zhongxian was originally an eunuch who controlled the government, levyed violent taxes, and harmed loyal and kindness. Wu Xiang was blinded by fame and fortune before, but now when he thinks about it, he still regrets it. How can you, my father and son be like this?"

"The world is so great that there is no place for our father and son to live in a family?" Wu Sangui said sadly.

"Yes!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from outside the tent.

"Who!" Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang were shocked. Wu Sangui's tent was full of personal soldiers from the Wu family, so they would definitely not reveal the secrets of their conversation.

"It's me!" Zhou Wenyuan, who had a serious face, opened the curtain and walked in. As for the personal soldiers outside his tent, they had been silently subdued.

"Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui receives the order!"

"My minister Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui receive the order!"

"The fact that Wu Sangui's false surrender was all my instructions before me. His decisions were all to deceive Huang Taiji's trust and there was no fault. I specially ordered that this matter will never be pursued, so I admire this!"

"My minister Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui thanked the emperor for his kindness in heaven and earth!"

"Get up, two generals!" Zhou Wenyuan looked at the two with a smile.

Wu Sangui stood up and received the edict, but he couldn't imagine it. He thought he was desperate, but his future suddenly became bright. With great sorrow and joy, the father and son were immediately happy and cried.

"Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui, do you know that if it weren't for the conversation you just now, Zhou would have given you another imperial edict." Although Zhou Wenyuan smiled and said too much to the two, Wu Sangui and his son felt a chill. If he had said something wrong today, the Wu family might have been doomed and they were shocked and sweated in a cold sweat.

"Wu Sangui, the emperor has something to let me tell you!"

"Please tell me, Lord Zhou!" The arrogance on Wu Sangui temporarily disappeared.

"The emperor only said one sentence. The higher the praise, the more painful it falls. I hope you will temper more and turn you from the main general to the deputy general is what he means." Zhou Wenyuan said, "As for the issue of the vow of loyalty, the emperor told you that you father and son don't have to worry. He will let you take it back and hand it to you. Then it depends on what you father and son do!"

"I will never be able to repay the emperor's kindness when my father and son die!" Wu Xiang immediately knelt down and leaned over and choked.

"Come!"

Zhou Wenyuan's bodyguard walked in with a torch. He took out another edict from his chest and burned it to Wu Xiang and his son on the spot. At this point, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui no longer dared to be irresponsible and were loyal to the Ming Dynasty forever.
Chapter completed!